* Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.5%; S&P 500 down 0.2%
* Stimulus talks continue with no resolution
* Dollar down 1% on the week
* European stocks boosted by strong Q3 earnings
* Oil prices fall on demand concerns
* Graphic: 2020 asset performance http://tmsnrt.rs/2yaDPgn
* Graphic: World FX rates in 2020 http://tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVh
By Matt Scuffham
NEW YORK, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Global stocks treaded water and the dollar fell on Friday as investors were left hanging, waiting to see if a long-awaited agreement on a fresh U.S. coronavirus relief package will finally be agreed.
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said it still was possible to get another round of COVID-19 aid before the election, but that it was up to President Donald Trump to act, including talking to reluctant Senate Republicans, if he wants it.
But Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin warned a deal would only be possible if Pelosi was willing to compromise.
"There's been a waiting game for a stimulus package," said Tim Ghriskey, chief investment strategist at Inverness Counsel in New York. "We keep getting teased by reports of supposed progress and then those hopes get dashed."
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was down 148.98 points, or 0.53%, at 28,214.68, the S&P 500 .SPX was down 6.23 points, or 0.18%, at 3,447.26. The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was down 34.27 points, or 0.30%, at 11,471.74. biggest weight on the three indexes was a 10.5% slump in chipmaker Intel Corp INTC.O after it reported a drop in margins as consumers bought cheaper laptops and pandemic-stricken businesses. dollar was 0.2% lower against a basket of currencies DXY , leaving it just shy of a seven-week low and set to decline about 1% on the week, with uncertainty ahead of the election weighing on the greenback.
U.S. President Donald Trump trails former vice president Joe Biden in national polls, but the contest is much tighter in some battleground states where the election will likely be decided.
The final debate between Trump and Biden on Thursday offered few surprises and little new direction. stocks fared better, boosted by positive earnings updates from Barclays and a surge in Airbus, but nagging worries about the economic impact of surging COVID-19 cases saw markets post their biggest weekly decline in a month. a four-day losing streak, the pan-European STOXX 600 index .STOXX advanced 0.6%, with London's FTSE 100 .FTSE outperforming its European peers after Barclays BARC.L jumped 7% on strong results. Asia-Pacific, MSCI's broadest index of the region's shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS was flat, while Japan's Nikkei .N225 ticked up 0.2% and the CSI300 index of mainland China .CSI300 shed 1.3%.
The MSCI world equity index .MIWD00000PUS , which follows shares in nearly 50 countries, was up 0.3%, but set for its biggest weekly fall in a month.
The pound fell against the dollar and euro on Friday after the UK Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) fell to a four-month low, but was still set to end the week up, after a new phase of intense Brexit talks restarted.
The chief negotiators for Britain and the European Union met on Friday for talks on a last-gasp trade deal to avert a tumultuous finale to the five-year Brexit crisis. pound was down 0.4% at $1.3031 on the day but up 0.9% on a weekly basis.
The euro EUR= ticked up 0.3% against the dollar, as was sterling at $1.3084. Chinese yuan CNY= also held its ground against the dollar after an official at China's foreign exchange regulator said it has been more stable than expected, suggesting authorities are not too worried about its recent rise. prices fell on concerns about rising Libyan crude supply and demand concerns caused by surging coronavirus cases in the United States and Europe. Brent futures LCOc1 settled at $41.77 per barrel, down 69 cents or 1.63%. U.S. crude futures CLc1 settled at $39.85 per barrel, down 79 cents.
Gold eased as the dollar recouped some losses, but uncertainty going into the Nov. 3 U.S. elections limited bullion's losses.
Spot gold XAU= fell 0.1% to $1,903.07 per ounce by 2:06 p.m. EDT (1806 GMT). U.S. gold futures GCcv1 settled unchanged at $1,905.20.
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